Look Inside My November Wantable Makeup Box

The following blog post is from my beautiful and talented wife, Allison. Every month, she receives a custom-selected Wantable box for jewelry, makeup or intimates. I’ve asked her to blog about each box as she gets them, and surprisingly, she said she’d do it! Note that this post contains affiliate links for Wantable, so if you click through and place an order, I will make a small commission and do a happy dance. Thank you! …

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Holiday Window Shopping at the Herald Square Macy’s in Manhattan

Macy's Herald Square

Growing up in the suburbs of Manhattan, we visited New York City often in my childhood. My dad worked in the city, oddly enough, only a few blocks from where I’m currently working! I definitely remember heading down the Palisades Parkway just about every year, crossing the GW Bridge and spending the day in the city during the holidays. Yes, it was always a total zoo. And I don’t think we ever quite made it …

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Happy Thanksgiving and Thanksgivukkah to the Greatest Blog Audience Ever

#Thanksgivukkah

As a kid, Thanksgiving always meant one thing for me: chocolate turkeys! I’d wake up every Thanksgiving morning, race to the kitchen table and there at my place setting would be a colorful foil-wrapped chocolate turkey. Mom (and Fanny Farmer chocolates) never failed to deliver. I also have fond memories of curling up on the couch with a blanket and watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I loved the balloons, while my sister couldn’t wait …

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I Was Frozen Back in October #DisneyFrozen

Frozen Ice Sculpture Olaf

About a month ago, I got to do something pretty amazing. Thanks to my wonderful blogging credentials (they really need to make Blog Passes, like they do for the Press), I was invited by the wonderful folks at Disney to participate in something truly magical. I was invited to an early screening of Frozen, as well as asked to be a participant in the Frozen Press Junket the following day. And best of all, my …

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Give Your Mouth a Party With Green Mountain Espresso Iced Latte

Believe it or not, I wasn’t always a big coffee drinker. To be honest, it wasn’t util my 30s most likely that I joined the caffeine chain gang. I always loved the coffee taste though. It was one of my favorite ice cream flavors as a kid and I used to love visiting my Grandma Pearl at her apartment in the Bronx. She had this funky candy dish on her coffee table that looked like …

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